Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
OSCAR DE LA RENTAFashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
More Oscar de la Renta Quotes
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My beloved Hillary, do not disappoint me. You have to be President, OK?
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If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?
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If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.
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Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.
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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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